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filetool.sh: Why not using rsync as backup utility?

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soundcheck:
Hi folks.

I just had an idea, while waiting for the backup to be finished. ;)

The backup takes quite some for obvious reasons. 

The main reason (as far as I can see): you cp/tar the entire persistent stuff from scratch all the time.

It might be worth to spend a thought on rsync.
This way you'd only save the deltas. And the backups where done in a second.

Please apologize if this is a nonsene idea. (I am still getting into TC) :D

helander:
I see two potential problems with the proposal compared to the current solution:


* Can you rsync to FAT volumes and retain all file properties correctly (ownership, permissions, etc)?
* The current solution compresses the data. This might be of benefit for some users. For one it speeds up the restore.
/Lars

linus72:
If your backup is taking a long time to "backup"
you should check your trash can(if using XFE), clear your firefox cache, etc
and also I noticed that firefox sooner or later makes a 30-50mb "database"
or something, which can only be resolved by uninstalling firefox and re-installing anew.

I no longer use Firefox because of this:)
Opera with flash10 works and is light.

My backup takes about 5-8sec at reboot,etc
that's with opera, flash10, xfe, xfw, mtpaint, and OSS
a few wallpapers and my dragon jwmthemes

mcnalu:
Good tip on ff. Opera on tc is amazingly fast and renders pages well.

5-8 secs is an eternity in tc though!

Fat or ntfs can't handle symlinks which rules out rsync for me.

Best solution at present would be persistent home.

Andrew

linus72:
Yes, to clarify, that's on USB without home or opt.

I have alot of wallpapers and themes, which slows it a little too.

Opera is the ticket though.

I discovered the firefox thing when trying to make a small tinycore cd
after doing bookmarks, etc the damn thing would somehow build a database or something in /home/tc/.mozilla and my little cd would balloon to over 100mb.

so, no-go firefox

I checked and without my wallpapers and themes the backup is like 2 sec

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